Hood and electric-light support.



G. W. CASSIDY.

HOOD AND ELECTRIC LIGHT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15, 191s.

1 ,295,852. Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

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HOOD AND ELECTRIC LIGHT SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. l5. I918.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919..

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alto own UNITED STATES GEORGE W. CASSIDY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOD AND ELECTRIC-LIGHT SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4., 1919.

Application filed March 15, 1918. Serial N 0. 222,724.

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough and county of Queens and city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hood and Electric-Light Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electric lamps, and particularly to devices for supporting and securing the hoods or shades of such lamps, such devices being also adapted. to constitute a wire-way for the electric circuit of such a lamp.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient means of supporting such a hood or shade and connecting it to the base or standard of a lamp and also to provide supporting and protecting means for the wires of the lamp circuit.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various elements and parts as hereinafter fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawings Figure l is a view of a portion of the inner side of a shade or.

hood, showing the attaching and wire supporting element in connection therewith Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the said supporting device taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end view of said device looking from the right in Fig. 1 showing also a portion of the shade and lamp base; Fig. 4 is a top view of the same, showing the lamp socket attached thereto; Fig. 5 s a view of the said attaching and supporting device, showing the other side thereof from that shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a general side view of a lamp stand or supporting base, with the lamp, shade, and other ap-.

purtenances connected thereto; Fig. 7 is a rear view of a shade or hood.

In carrying my lnventlon into effect, 111

the embodiment thereof which I have se-.

lected for description in this specification and illustration in the accompanying drawings I provide a wireway and supporting member 11 preferably. of the shape and form shown in the drawings, one side thereof be ing shown in Fig. 1 and the other, being the inner or the side which lies next to the hood, being shown in Fig. 5. provided on its inner side with a longitudinal groove or channel 12, adapted to contain This member 11 is the lamp circuit wires, and has a perforation 13 extending laterally from near one end of the groove 12 and a perforation 14 extending laterally in the opposite direction fromnear the other end of the said groove, the perforation 14 extending through an ex ternally screw-threaded'nipple 15 adapted to have screwed thereon a lamp socket 16. The wire forming the lamp circuit is designated 17.

One end of the member 11 is enlarged so as to form two lugs 18 and 19, substantially of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and the lower lug 19 is provided with a flange 20 adapted .to pass under the. lower edge of-the hood, designated 21. In the said lugs are formed perforations 22 and 23 (see Figs. 1 and 5) through which pass screws 24 and 25 (see Fig. 3) which secure the device to the base or standard or other supporting device for the lamp as a whole, which may be of any suitable con struction,*and which is suitably perforated to permit the passage of the wire 17.

The hood 21 is provided in its lower edge with a slot 26 (see Fig. 7). The member 11 is provided near the end with a rectangularly formed stud or projection 27 (see Fig. 3), adapted to enter said slot 26.

In assembling my invention the member 11 is secured to the lamp baseby means of the screws 24. and 25, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the wire being passed through the perforations in that end of said member, along the groove 12, and out through the nipple 15 for connection with the lamp socket, which is screwed on to said nipple. The hood 21 is then slipped into position between the base portion and the member 11, the rectangular projection 27 and the shanks of the screws 24 and 25 passing into the slot 26, and the lower edge of the hood resting upon the flange 20. The screws 2i and 25 being then suflicientlytightened, the various parts are securely held together, and a suitable lamp being inserted into the socket the device is ready for use.

The base to which the above described parts may be secured and upon which they are supported. may be of any desired form or construction suitable for the purpose. In the embodiment described and illustrated in this application I have shown (see Fig. 6) a dome shaped base 30 having :1 ringnt the top for convenience in carrying the same and having a radially extend-- ing arm 31, to which by means of a hinge or pivot 32, is secured a comparatively short arm 35. The hood 21 and parts therein are secured directly to the portion 35 of the base, in the manner which has been fully described.

The advantages of my invention will be obvious from what has been above said with regard to its construction. By the use of the same a simple and efficient means of sup: porting a lamp and hood and securing the same'to a base, and also a wire-way for the lamp circuit is provided, thus dispensing' with the arms or other hood supporting devices which have hitherto been used, and also securely inclosing and protecting the wires constituting the electrlc circuit. If desired, the portion of the base to which the parts are secured as above described may be connected by a hinge or universal joint to the main portion of the base or stand,

thus permitting the lamp and hood to be setin any desired position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a device of the character described.

' the combination with a base, and a hood having a slot in the edge thereof; of a grooved member lying along the inner surface of one side of said hood near the edge thereof adapted to bear a lamp socket, and means adapted to extend through said slot and secure said grooved member to said base thereby clamping a ortion of the edge of said hoodbetween he same; the said groove serving as a channel to contain a wire passing from said base through said slot. to said lamp socket.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a base, and a hood ha"- ing a slot in the edge thereof; of a grooved member lying along the inner surface of one side ofsaid hood'near the edge thereof provided at one end with devicesadapted to hold a lamp socket and at the other end with a rectangular projection adapted to pass into the slot in said hood; and means adapted to extend through said slot and secure said rooved member to said base thereby clamping a portion of the edge of said 1 hood between the same; the said groove serving as a channel to contain a wire passmg from said base through said slot to said lamp socket.

extend through said slot and secure said grooved supporting member to said base:

the said groove serving-as a. channel to contain a wire assing from said base through said slot to said lamp socket.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this eighth day of March, 1918.

GEORGE W. CASSIDY. 

